The fake memories of fake news

A study made during the week before the 2018 referendum on abortion in Ireland showed that people claim to have memories of complete lies about the side they were opposed to after being showed fake headlines about them. Dr Gillian of University College of Cork said that human beings are sensible to having our memories distorted or muddled without us being aware of it. Social medias try to limit the spread of this by giving us more context on the story and the headline. The dangers of this have been known for a very long time. In 2012 another study led people to misremember a meeting between…